Background:
The show is about four physicists who work at the California Institute of Technology and how their lives are challenged when a new neighbor moves in. The physicists are very smart but also very geeky and not very experienced with women. Two of them, Sheldon and Leonard share an apartment. They have two friends, Howard and Raj, who often stop by for dinner and to watch science fiction programs or play video games. Their routines are challenged when a very hot waitress, Penny, moves in across the hallway. Penny isn't book smart like the physicists, but she is kindhearted and street smart.
Our whole universe was in a hot dense state,
Then nearly fourteen billion years ago expansion started. Wait...
The Earth began to cool,
The autotrophs began to drool,
Neanderthals developed tools,
We built a wall (we built the pyramids),
Math, science, history, unraveling the mysteries,
That all started with the big bang!
The Big Bang Theory Information and Materials:
Background:
The show is about four physicists who work at the California Institute of Technology and how their lives are challenged when a new neighbor moves in. The physicists are very smart but also very geeky and not very experienced with women. Two of them, Sheldon and Leonard share an apartment. They have two friends, Howard and Raj, who often stop by for dinner and to watch science fiction programs or play video games. Their routines are challenged when a very hot waitress, Penny, moves in across the hallway. Penny isn't book smart like the physicists, but she is kindhearted and street smart.
Annotated Word File of Pilot Transcript:
Vocabulary and Phrases: See the transcript
Culture Notes:
Fuddruckers restaurant: http://www.fuddruckers.com/Fudruckers' menu: http://www.fuddruckers.com/menu/
Battlestar Galactica: http://www.syfy.com/battlestar/
Parallax distortion: http://www.adventuredives.com/parallax.htm
Klingon: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Klingon
Klingon Language: http://www.kli.org/
Boggle (how to play): http://www.centralconnector.com/GAMES/boggle.html
Star Wars bath products:
Proximal and Distal Causes: http://users.ecs.soton.ac.uk/harnad/Hypermail/Explaining.Mind96/0229.html
Mack Daddy: http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=mack+daddy
Pilot Episode:
Sheldon's sitting spot: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l2hIIvF5gJI&feature=relatedBest bits (has most of the beginning of the program): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZFS1F-3XVtk&feature=related
http://blip.tv/diego-byrd/the-big-bang-theory-streaming-season-1-episode-1-pilot-2157465
Other Clips:
The Big Bang Theory - The Cooper-Nowitzki Theorem
The Big Bang Theory - A Conversation About Girls
The Big Bang Theory - Penny Blond Wonder Woman
Theme Song Music Videos: These are all various versions of the same song
Opening Theme Song: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B409mw3mzI4&feature=related
Barenaked Ladies, History of Everything with subtitles: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lhTSfOZUNLo
Another Big Bang Theory theme song music video (drawing version): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_9-jUP3-bP4&feature=related
High Def full length version: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ldkw1YE7J-o&feature=related
Another version with lyrics: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ENPTdhI8IIE&feature=related
Opening sequence in slow motion: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NzbDI1MAlhk
Lyrics
Lyrics to the entire song: http://www.lyricstime.com/barenaked-ladies-the-big-bang-theory-theme-song-lyrics.htmlOur whole universe was in a hot dense state,
Then nearly fourteen billion years ago expansion started. Wait...
The Earth began to cool,
The autotrophs began to drool,
Neanderthals developed tools,
We built a wall (we built the pyramids),
Math, science, history, unraveling the mysteries,
That all started with the big bang!
Autotrophs and Heterotrophs: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Auto-and_heterotrophs.png
Useful Links:
Pilot Episode Transcript: http://bigbangtrans.wordpress.com/series-1-episode-1-pilot-episode/Transcripts: http://bigbangtrans.wordpress.com/
Wikipedia Background Info: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Big_Bang_Theory
Explanation of photon double-slit experiment: http://www.bottomlayer.com/bottom/basic_delayed_choice.htm
Discussion Questions:
Big Bang Theory – Pilot Episode Discussion Questions